Author

Munene Kithama

Observed names: Kithama, Munene, M Kithama

Institution: Pwani University

Observed institutions: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pwani University, Guelph Research and Development Centre, University of Guelph

ORCID: 0000-0003-0882-5026

Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-0882-5026

OpenAlex ID: A5047011710

Complete replacement of soybean meal with black soldier fly larvae meal in feeding program for broiler chickens from placement through to 49 days of age reduced growth performance and altered organs morphology

2022 · Hannah Facey, Munene Kithama, et al. · Poultry Science · 54

Effects of partial or complete replacement of soybean meal with commercial black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) meal on growth performance, cecal short chain fatty acids, and excreta metabolome of broiler chickens

2023 · Michael Fruci, Munene Kithama, et al. · Poultry Science · 41

Dynamic effects of black soldier fly larvae meal on the cecal bacterial microbiota and prevalence of selected antimicrobial resistant determinants in broiler chickens

2024 · Calvin Ho-Fung Lau, Sabrina Capitani, et al. · Animal Microbiome · 18

The Enzymatic Digestion of Pomaces From Some Fruits for Value-Added Feed Applications in Animal Production

2021 · Munene Kithama, Yousef I. Hassan, et al. · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · 13

Research Note: Effects of supplementing cranberry and blueberry pomaces on meat quality and antioxidative capacity in broilers

2020 · Qi Xu, Wei Si, et al. · Poultry Science · 13

Growth performance, organ weight, and plasma metabolites in broiler chickens fed corn-soybean meal diet containing berry pomaces and fed without or with multienzymes supplement

2023 · Munene Kithama, Youssef I. Hassan, et al. · Poultry Science · 7

Utilization of grape (Vitis vinifera), cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), and apple (Malus pumila/domestica) pomaces in broiler chickens when fed without or with multi-enzyme supplement

2022 · Munene Kithama, Kelly Ross, et al. · Canadian Journal of Animal Science · 6

Complete replacement of soybean meal with black soldier fly larvae meal in feeding program for broiler chickens from placement through to 49 days of age: impact on gastrointestinal, breast, skeletal, plasma, and litter attributes

2024 · Hannah Facey, Munene Kithama, et al. · Canadian Journal of Animal Science · 4

Shift of Microbiota and Modulation of Resistome in the Ceca of Broiler Chicken Fed Berry Pomace Alone or in Combination of a Multienzyme Mixture

2025 · Munene Kithama, Yousef I. Hassan, et al. · Microorganisms · 3

Full-fat soybean origin and thermal processing affect protein secondary structure, in vitro digestion kinetics, and predicted standardized ileal amino acid digestibility in broiler chickens

2026 · Felix M. Njeri, Adriana Leticia Ciola, et al. · Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology

Full-fat soybean origin and thermal processing affect protein secondary structure, in vitro digestion kinetics, and predicted standardized ileal amino acid digestibility in broiler chickens

2026 · Felix M. Njeri, Adriana Leticia Ciola, et al. · Figshare

Additional file 1 of Full-fat soybean origin and thermal processing affect protein secondary structure, in vitro digestion kinetics, and predicted standardized ileal amino acid digestibility in broiler chickens

2026 · Felix M. Njeri, Adriana Leticia Ciola, et al. · Figshare

Strategies to improve the nutrition of nonchicken poultry

2026 · Elijah G. Kiarie, Lonita A. Manoa, et al. · Elsevier eBooks

List of contributors

2026 · Sunday Adedokun, Eunice Amaka Akuru, et al. · Elsevier eBooks

Challenges in achieving antibiotic-free broiler production

2026 · Elijah G. Kiarie, Emily Kim, et al. · Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science

Works count: 22

Citation count: 159

H-index: 6

I10-index: 5